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Sometimes this would pop up in certain conditions. This was addressed more than a year ago. It's likely that you have an older version installed, or a duplicate one along with the current Bento Buddy, like the old Clothing Edition. Having two derivatives installed will clobber each other.

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I get this question quite often and, in fact, there is a tool that can convert any type of skinned content for use in-world. Personally I have converted IMVU content for use in SL using our very own Bento Buddy, you can check my profile for details. You can even convert your animations. Shaping your material for various target mesh bodies will be another story and reskinning would be required as the second step. Some people call this skinning process "rigging" which gets confused with actual rigging and can be confusing in your particular situation where it's uncertain whether you are wanting to make your content mesh body compatible specifically or something more generic like actual rigging. For instance, your (etc.) clarification may include a mesh body itself and, indeed, that can be converted easily without reskinning. The clothing/shoes that you made for this mesh body would then be easily converted for use with it and no additional steps would be required, there's really nothing fancy about it. You can contact me in-world, I am BinBash Resident. I'll toss you free package and you can get started right away, I'll even walk you through the process.

Yea, my initial reply doesn't change just because you wanted to show one of our most valued products, and thank you for that by the way. Express is a life-time of updates for Bento Buddy, never having to pay again, and I think the price is well worth it, too low in fact. For the cost of just under 5 years of Expression, you get a life-time of Bento Buddy updates and it's nice to not have to worry about that when time is critical. Though this product isn't for everyone, certainly not for you, we do have the glaringly obvious L$999 entry that you display so beautifully in your example image, if you even choose to keep that in your post after reading this. I hope you'll continue to complain about our product, spreading the name to those that have never heard of us before, it's people like you that raise our base-line significantly and, while I know you're not interested in paying for anything, I would offer you a free term so that you can actually experience why it's so useful to so many people, including animators. I'm guessing a lot of people don't know what Bento Buddy does and are left to assume that it's a replica of another tool. Our Bento Buddy is far from being a clone of anything and any similarities are minimal compared to to suite of tools available to the creative mind.

You can give Bento Buddy a try for free, just contact me in-world using a notecard and I'll throw in some course material. You can get a faster response from me in Discord, check my profile for details.

You got the name right, Bento Buddy, everything else is misleading. I'm guessing that the frequent activity of misinformation that I've run into lately, including your post, is because of the recent update to Bento Buddy, making it compatible with Blender 4, where other tools are still lagging behind. To address your post... Bento Buddy's introductory offer, as of 5/13/2024, is only L$999. The previous offer was not even close to what you suggested. There is no life-time subscription but there is a "stand-alone" version that doesn't require any service. The Express accompaniment, which is the product that you are probably misinforming about, is a life-time of updates for a one-time payment. Additionally, we have giveaways at events that we host on holidays and just when we feel the fun bone start to wiggle, not requiring any payment what-so-ever and often I will just hand out Bento Buddy to someone that asks politely. Bento Buddy has a massive amount of tools for things other than skinning, which a lot of people call rigging. I am the single person responsible for all of the code written for Bento Buddy. I am the only programmer which means that when something goes wrong I know how to fix it, and fast. Dissuading someone from the only 2 Blender tools that have any chance of successfully, and consistently, conditioning content for use in-world does not appear to be very helpful.

We need a coordinator, a Dean for our University Park Community College. We'll be rebuilding the sim to support the kind of classes/courses you propose and we're not limited to 3d content creation and associated tools. We intend to teach business procedures and structure, asset protection and anonymity.

Tomorrow it's business as usual. We haven't found the right candidate yet. If you think you don't have the skill or experience you may be surprised. Come and have a chat and let's see where it goes.

The auction has started again today, huge value here ($41,000). Bento Buddy Expression for 2 years and Express lifetime updates. Pay your bid after the auction. Bid requirement, L$300 more than high. Auction is for an hour. If it goes well we'll start another right after. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Critters/128/132/2112

A stipend is offered when needed for expenses. Have a chat with us about the pay structure, it's an interesting approach and my testing shows that it works. I'm one of the teachers. You'll be responsible for postings like this. You may even have some fun laying out the sim and maybe even placing some buildings. There are other tasks that may interest you. Contact me in-world if you're interested, it's pretty light work really, or as complex as you want it to be. I'm BinBash Resident in-world. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University Park/136/182/42

Day 2, we're still going. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Critters/127/130/2112

We are still considering candidates for this position.

If you already have Express you can still get the 2 year term of Expression. The package comes with 2 different registration items, Express and Expression. We're offering an Expression term of 2 years (which adds to your existing term if you have one). Express is perpetual, until the end of time... Now here's the fun. We're performing an auction with a starting bid of L$200. At the end of the auction the winner gets Bento Buddy/Expression/Express for their bid amount. Now, this is not a typical auction. You pay a commitment fee of L$200 which is returned to you after the auction by returning the ticket. You don't pay anything else, you don't pay a bid, you just state a bid by clicking an object and entering the bid in a text box. Once the auction is complete the winner promises to pay the bid amount and then receives the package after payment. Everyone else gets their commitment fee returned to them immediately. There's only one clause, bids must be made in increments of L$100. Actions last an hour and repeat every hour until I get tired. This is happening now! Buy the "Auction Commitment" item in-world and hang out to start bidding. Please only purchase this 1 time, no need to keep doing it. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Critters/127/130/2112

Ah, I see your point clearly now. But imagination is a funny thing because you can't touch it, except that 17 requests have come in so far that I CAN virtually touch. I wonder why that is? I mean really, it would be interesting to know what caught this much attention. Could it be my frawg legs? I'll leave that one up to you to figure out because I'm not so good at that one.

It's important that people understand that business is not discussed in public so I don't want the on-lookers, especially those that may want to give this a try with some guidance, to think that we're not disclosing full information. You didn't follow the instructions above so clearly you're not interested in the position. This is not a job offer, it's an executive role, the details of which will be discussed in private and is nobody's business what they'll be earning, except their own. We are a real company, not some "designer this", "fashion that", "them designs" or "fabulous fancy funny flippy floop couture". If you have a real question you know where to find me. And if you had to blink that much you may want to contact me for some advice, I kinda know a little bit about how this is done. But thanks for the jump. - Bin

We've been working under the name Critters for many years and established legally in 2022. A major shareholder stepped out recently to pursue other goals. This was not a surprise and we've been preparing for this transition for awhile. As a result we have a partnership opening. At Critters LLC we're searching for an executive leader with some experience in building company/corporate relationships and deligating for on-boarding for our various projects. The ideal candidate will be lead in content creation for Second Life(R) but the potential doesn't end there. This umbrella management company is utilized for Second Life(R) specific content creation but is also responsible for maintaining company structures and it's associated assets. This person will help realize our long term goals and have a deciding role in how we progress with content creation for SL and expansion into other markets. Describing the broad scope of Critters is not the intent but it's hopeful that the right candidate will see value with the limited information I've provided. Your role initially, and within Second Life(R) specifically, is to maintain SL related tasks and delegate responsibilities within the confines of SL. We do not mix our in-world and out-world business but knowing that we are not locked into a specific area may get the attention of that person we will be compatible with. Objectives * Generate interest in our brand * Lead with us to create motivated discussion and action for products/projects * Take charge in moving us towards ambitious and aggressive goals * Create vision for our success in the long and short term Responsibilities * Generate ideas for product to bring to market * Perform content creation tasks and delegate as needed * Keep track of business progression and set thresholds to success * Organize the growth of our work-force Skills and Qualifications * At least 1 year of 3d content creation experience * Extemporaneously assert our goals and take command of a situation * Ability to change paths and projects for a better growth and market * Team management to align with company standards and goals Qualifications * Business structure knowledge, either self taught, degree or corporate experience * Knowledge of corporate structure and legal requirements with regard to C Corp entities * Genius level IQ Desirable Talents * ASD, OCD, ADHD Contact me in-world. Pop open an Instant Message initially but a note-card may be required if I'm not online, I'm often online but just to make sure, notecard notecard. Thank you for reading this far, this is going to be an exciting trip. - Bin ( BinBash Resident : 4a7ac82e-e3b3-4066-b8ba-bea48824ba82 )

- Flex with Express - We've updated the Flex event to include Express on the MM board. If you don't know what it is you won't be interested

This is the Flex event! We have stuff, it's in store things and we have discounts, and this is the first Flex event ever. On the main vendors are Bento Buddy update for 12 months, initial membership for 12 months and 1 month intro. They are priced differently and with fabulous terms. We will have some live music mix and a dancing frawg Well, let's have some fun huh? Come and have a chatter with us, fun around, dance and get to know your fellow creators. Have a look around at the other brands that have gifted us with their presence, we are very grateful that they chose to place their items at Animore, a namesake for a future product we're working on. This lasts for 3 days only, then we clean out the sim for a new beginning. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Animore/132/193/22

All set, thank you \o

We need our vendor images revamped along with copy for advertisements. Each segment is a separate job and there may be more tasks ahead as we continue to grow and add product if you would like to take the ride with us. There's no requirement for organic art so if you're experienced with mechanical drawing, logos and signs this is just fine. Even if you have no experience and you think you can do the job, this is a great time for you to break into the field. Contact me in-world via notecard, I am BinBash Resident.

Thank you, we have what we need now \o

We're all set, thanks. If anyone wants to know who this artist is you can contact me but it's not hard to find out for yourself

That is all. Contact BinBash Resident in-world, a notecard is best, I may not see your instant message.

I just want to chime in, in support of your assertion about deposits. This is a horrible practice that we pay people to work before they do the work and it aught to stop. I can appreciate paying people as they go, but even this is not something I practice myself. I have been down this road multiple times and it wastes time, not just money, when the person just jets off with your "deposit" and you are waiting for some productive work to be done, listening to their excuses which wastes even more time. Additionally I don't care how well the apparent resume is worked up, I get results or they get nothing, it's that simple, I just won't do it and I find people for jobs constantly, never requiring a deposit. In fact when I have been down this road, and people ask for a deposit, a large percentage of these arrangements end up with money in their pocket and no product in my hand. In support of your cause I would actually do some free work for you, give me a heads up in-world and we'll discuss it. I am BinBash Resident and I am not a duck.

I think we have what we need. I'll post another notice if things should change. Thank you all \o